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Coding · Ages 5+ · Set A
Bo and the loop
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Remember: A loop does a step again and again, so a program can be short.

Again and again

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Bo's stairsBo hopped up five stairs to his tree house. Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop! That was a lot of saying. Then Bo watered four flowers. He said, pour, four times, and that is a loop.
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Bo hops up five stairs. Which is the short way?
🔁Hop, five times🦘Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop☝️Hop one time
2
Is a loop a step that happens only once?
YesNo
3
How many pots get a drink with pour, four times?
🪴Two pots🪴Four pots🪴Five pots
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Pour, four times, is a loop.
TrueFalse
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Join each short way to what Bo does.
  1. 1💧 Pour, four times
  2. 2🦘 Hop, five times
  3. 3⬆️ Forward, four times
  • Awalks four squares
  • Bwaters four pots
  • Chops up five stairs

Loops on the board

6
Which program gets Bo to the star?
🔁Forward, three times🔁Forward, five times🔁Forward, four times
7
Forward twice, turn right, forward three times reaches the star.
TrueFalse
8
Why is a loop a good idea?
⭐The star moves closer📏The list gets much shorter🤖Bo forgets the steps
9
Number how a loop is made.
  • Bo does it again and again
  • The flowers bloom
  • Say how many times
  • Say the step once
10
Draw something that happens again and again.
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Draw swirly arrows going round, to show a loop.
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